Author Javier Sandoval has just released his first novella, Cicada, Ladybug, with Thought Catalog Books. To wet your pallet, enjoy this adapted audio excerpt set to music by Jacob Spitzer and an interview with Javier, below.

About Javier

Javier Sandoval was born in Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert before immigrating to Wisconsin (where his mother, Estela, sent him to kindergarten each day in a cowboy hat). He also grew up in Texas (falling obsessed with its blues music and badlands) and in North Carolina (living in a homeless shelter for three years). On a full-ride scholarship, he attended Brown University where he studied Computer Science and Literary Arts, co-authored “2 Billion Under 20,” and published his first novella, “Cicada, Ladybug.” He writes because he has to. He’s tried to quit.